July 13, 2021 Purple named ‘Market Leader’ for Enterprise WiFi Solutions category The Featured Customers Summer 2021 report has been released, and surprise surprise, Purple’s on the list. Featured Customers is a customer reference platform for B2B business software and services. Each Featured Customers report looks at the very best companies within the highly competitive Enterprise WiFi industry and have 3 structured awards including, ‘Market Leader’, ‘Top… Read More
July 21, 2020 How indoor maps do more than guide people The importance of place and proximity for people when traveling indoors. In the era of constant connection, we’re used to getting information at the push of a button. Instant updates from friends and family, online ordering, same-day deliveries, rideshare services like Uber and Lyft…the list goes on. Essentially, technology has made life easier, especially when… Read More
July 15, 2020 Creating a safe and contactless office space for your staff and visitors Ensure your business is on the right path for moving into a more controlled and contactless world. Coronavirus has become apart of life now and will be for the foreseeable future, with this comes a totally different way of even the simplest things, such as heading into the office for a days work. As a… Read More
June 02, 2020 Purple assists Greater London Authority with measuring social distancing Purple has been working very closely with Greater London Authority during the United Kingdom’s lockdown phase and will continue to do so as restrictions across the UK begin to ease over the coming month. Greater London Authority are a strategic regional authority, with powers over transport, policing, economic development, and fire and emergency planning. Measuring… Read More
March 18, 2020 How wayfinding is playing a key role in hospitals amid the COVID-19 outbreak Although COVID-19 has affected the majority of the globe, the one thing seen during the current Coronavirus outbreak is the speed at which we can adapt to situations when technology is used productively. Through the use of communities and technologies, it seems that nations and cities all over the world are coming together and helping… Read More
March 04, 2020 February 2020: Features, reports & enhancements within the Purple platform Here’s a summary of the features and updates we have been working on and showcasing throughout February. Custom HTML emails Custom HTML emails allow users to create and send custom HTML emails directly from within the Purple portal. Custom HTML emails allow for greater flexibility, customization and personalization of customer communications. Users can also include… Read More
January 24, 2020 How wayfinding technology could reduce average waiting times and wasted spend in the NHS Hospitals are notoriously difficult to navigate around, all corridors seem near-identical, every door leads to somewhere you’re sure you’ve just been 3 minutes ago and the signage is never very clear. All of this leads to a daunting experience for any patient entering an unfamiliar hospital, and with the increase in population and evolution in… Read More
January 13, 2020 How to get more customer reviews using Purple Customer reviews are imperative to business success. In fact, research from TripAdvisor shows that two out of every three people won’t even consider making a purchase until they have read at least one review from a trusted source such as TripAdvisor or Trust Pilot. Only one in ten satisfied customers will leave feedback according to… Read More
January 06, 2020 December: Features, reports and enhancements within the Purple platform Here’s a summary of the features and updates we have been working on and showcasing throughout December. MicroSurvey node in LogicFlow Using the Microsurvey node available in LogicFlow, users can present a specific Microsurvey to visitors during the access journey based on demographic criteria. For example, a user can display survey A to visitors aged… Read More
December 04, 2019 Purple WiFi secure services of former BT Chief Executive, Gavin Patterson Purple WiFi is excited to announce the former Chief Executive of BT, Gavin Patterson, will be joining the company as a non-exec Director in an exciting time of growth for the company. Patterson has enjoyed an illustrious career including President of the Advertising Association and non-executive director at British Airways and joins Purple at a… Read More
November 20, 2019 Top 5 Technology Trends To Watch In 2020 As the end of 2019 comes to a close and we enter a new decade, I can’t help look back and think how much technology has evolved in the last ten years, which excites me (probably more than it should) for the next decade. In the age of technology, it seems that everything around us… Read More
November 12, 2019 Wayfinding Technology – What is it? Wayfinding is defined as information that assists with guiding people in a physical environment or enhancing their experience within it, you know the signs they have in hospitals that ensure you don’t end up on an operating table instead of the x-ray department? Technology is putting a new spin on the traditional signs, enabling us… Read More
November 05, 2019 Purple WiFi supercharges intelligent space proposition by acquiring indoor navigation specialist Fast-growth data analytics firm Purple WiFi has acquired US wayfinding business LogicJunction. In the deal announced today, Manchester-headquartered Purple confirmed the takeover of Ohio-based LogicJunction, with the combined businesses operating under the Purple brand. The acquisition is a majority stock deal, with the existing management team and employee base joining the Purple team. Purple offers… Read More
November 05, 2019 October: New features, reports and enhancements within the Purple platform It’s been a very busy month for Purple. We have released a number of new features and reports within the platform and have introduced some great updates to enhance our current reporting suite. Here’s what we have been working on. New features & reports Custom field selection Custom field selection allows users to create a… Read More
September 11, 2019 Automatic provisioning with Meraki is now live within the Purple Portal We work with a number of enterprise-sized businesses across the world, many of which have thousands of access points across multiple locations. Manually configuring that many access points is a daunting task for any engineer. So, to help our customers tackle this issue, we have introduced automatic provisioning for Meraki hardware. Importing your access point… Read More
August 23, 2019 August Purple Updates August is proving to be a very busy and productive month at Purple, and we have a large number of exciting new features going live. These include: Access Media Insertion Hardware Import Wizard New gender options Access Media Insertion Introduce a new revenue stream by monetizing your guest WiFi login experience through Access Media Insertion…. Read More
